Matter of PrincipleVictoria Woodhull
Victoria Claflin Woodhull was a lobbyist, businesswoman, writer, and investor who advocated women’s equality in status, work, home, and politics. ... She married Calvin Woodhull at the age of fifteen. ... Woodhull traveled the country as she supported her first husband and her two children. ... The brokerage firm owned by Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennessee Claflin was supported with advice and initial funding by Vanderbilt (Horowitz 92). ... Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly’s first issue ran just six weeks after Victoria announced her candidacy for President. ... Woodhull. ... In January 1871, Victoria addressed Congress on the matter of Women’s suffrage with the sponsorship of Massachusetts Representative Benjamin Butler.